Peach 'Summer Giant'

Peach trees are small and deciduous. For best results ask a local nursery for advice on choosing the best variety and rootstock for your garden. Summer Giant is a free-stone peach with a red skin. The flesh is yellow-green.

Planning

Difficulty

Moderate

Flowering time

Spring

Fruiting time

Summer

Harvesting

Trees blossom during mid-August. Fruit ripen during first weeks of December.

Propagation

Seed

Sow seed in Spring after winter cold stratification.

Cuttings

Graft the desired cultivar onto seedlings / rootstocks.

Special features

Attracts useful insects

Bees pollinate the blossoms.

Attractive flowers

The blossoms appear before the leaves making a beautiful show of pink flowers.

Geography

Origin

China

Natural climate

Mediterranean

Environment

Light

Full Sun

Soil moisture

Moist

Soil type

Loam, Clay, Sand

Soil PH preference

Acid, Neutral

Frost hardiness

Half-Hardy

Uses

Edible

The fruit is edible fresh, dried, cooked or preserved.

Personality

Family

Rosaceae

Flower colour

Pink

Scent

Mild

Problems

Leaf curl can limit the amount of food produced through photosinthesis for the tree leading to stress. Fruit can suffer from fruit fly, bol wurm and false codling moth attacks.